Texans for Limited Government

Florida Governor Vetoes Education Reform

steve — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:37:22 +0000

Here’s an example of how powerful labor unions can be and how difficult it may be to get government out of the role of education. The Florida governor vetoed a bill that would have brought a lot more accountability to teachers, and more importantly, it would have eliminated tenure for all new hires. It’s astonishing that teachers and labor union lobbyist can honestly say they have children’s interest anywhere in their agenda when they insist that teachers work without being held accountable for their performance or fear of losing their job. I cannot think of any private sector job where one works with such comfortable job-security. In short it’s just another example of showing how government does things so poorly.

Here’s the story

Health Care Alternative From A Texan

steve — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:03:00 +0000

Austin’s own John Mackey (CEO of Whole Foods), wrote this phenomenal piece which appeared in the Wall Street Journal. It’s important to note that the tone of this column is very passive and simply outlines rational suggestions on things we can fix right now. However, this article was met with very hostile reception but many liberal whole food customers across the country. In New York there were protests outside and inside of stores. I suspect many liberals never got past the headline which simply says, “alternative to Obamacare.” His arguments are pretty tough to debate — it’s hard to say that restricting people’s options for health insurance on a state by state basis is good for the patient, and good for the doctor.

It’s a must read, and probably the best editorial of 2009 in the main stream media.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574342170072865070.html

Crazy Firefighter Pension

admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:30:49 +0000

Here’s a great example of pensions gone a muck in California, and why Government can’t be trusted to run financial decisions without extensive oversight.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124804047828063059.html

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admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:24:05 +0000

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